diff -Naur surf-2.0/surf.c surf-2.0.patched/surf.c
--- surf-2.0/surf.c	2017-03-28 12:17:45.000000000 -0400
+++ surf-2.0.patched/surf.c	2017-06-25 01:33:34.501169322 -0400
@@ -1751,7 +1751,7 @@
 	if (argc > 0)
 		arg.v = argv[0];
 	else
-		arg.v = "about:blank";
+		arg.v = "@HOMEPAGE@";
 
 	setup();
 	c = newclient(NULL);
